Bevan , You have covered a fair chunk of NSW in your travels Mate, Bloody good videos with great vantage points from some of the states best country . Thanks for sharing.
This is another fine example of your work, Bevan, and reminds me of why I'm subscribed to your channel. I've been out to Cowra, Young, and Grenfell a few times in the past two years, and apart from this and other of your videos, I could only imagine what rail operations used to look and sound like out there. Thank you!
Yeah, I was up that way myself about a year ago, and took some time to follow the tracks so to speak, it's all changed now, and it's a crying shame to see the condition of the infrastructure, makes me wonder who the idiot was who decided that half of NSW's rail system was not viable, of course it wasn't, but that was not the point, it provided a service, something Government entities don't seem to realise that's what they're there for.
Bloody awesome footage Bevan, shame so many branches are gone and forgotten, and shame the 48’s are being withdrawn… thank you for preserving our states diesel history through video.
As a relative newbie to the history of NSW rural and freight rail, does anyone here know if there used to be a triangle at Demondrille? Looking at Google Maps' satellite view there seems to be a hint of an old triangle west of the signal box.
I think so, there was a huge coal stage at Demondrille. I dimly recall that there was a problem on the Main South Line and the Spirit of Progress was rerouted via Cowrs.
The rail alignment is quite woeful. Asset management seems to have been a thing of the past following the dissolution of Government Railways. Says a lot.
